Science Times: Vaccine Injury Claims Are Few and Far Between

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Injury Claims Are Few and Far Between By PAM BELLUCK AND REED ABELSON Data from a federal program designed to compensate people harmed by vaccines shows how rare it is for someone to claim they were hurt after getting vaccinated. • By the Numbers: Vaccines Are Safe

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Health Karsten Moran for The New York Times How Much Nature Is Enough? 120 Minutes a Week, Doctors Say By KNVUL SHEIKH Researchers have now quantified the ideal amount of time needed to reap the health benefits of the great outdoors. Gracia Lam Personal Health Getting a Good Night's Sleep Without Drugs By JANE E. BRODY Alternatives to prescription drugs for insomnia offer better, safer and more long-lasting solutions, experts say. Nathan Howard/The Columbian, via Associated Press Eager to Limit Exemptions to Vaccination, States Face Staunch Resistance By RONI CARYN RABIN Legislators trying to curb the numbers of unvaccinated children have been met with vigorous opposition from upset parents. • Here Is What Jessica Biel Opposes in California's Vaccine Bill • Bastion of Anti-Vaccine Fervor: Progressive Waldorf Schools Nicole Craine for The New York Times Drug Prices Are a Populist Campaign Issue. Here Are the Latest Proposals to Lower Costs. By KATIE THOMAS After years of public outrage, some bipartisan solutions are emerging. But whether they will make it through a divided Washington is still unclear. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press N.I.H. Head Calls for End to All-Male Panels of Scientists By PAM BELLUCK Francis Collins pledged to decline to speak at conferences that do not include enough women in prominent speaking roles. Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times Fecal Transplant Is Linked to a Patient's Death, the F.D.A. Warns By DENISE GRADY The agency said two patients received donated stool that had not been screened for drug-resistant germs, leading it to halt clinical trials until researchers prove proper testing procedures are in place. iStock Pushing the Limits of Human Endurance By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS When we work out rigorously on a regular basis, our bodies adjust to limit our ability to expend energy, a new study shows. Monashee Alonso/Alamy Breast Milk Is Teeming With Bacteria — That's Good for the Baby By APOORVA MANDAVILLI Breast-fed milk may nourish a baby's microbiome in ways that bottled breast milk can't.

That Sleep Tracker Could Make Your Insomnia Worse By KAREN ZRAICK AND SARAH MERVOSH How to Protect Your DNA Data Before and After Taking an at-Home Test By ERIC RAVENSCRAFT Bats, Not Dogs, Are the Most Common Source of Rabies By JAMES GORMAN Can Home Cooking Reverse the Obesity Epidemic? By ANAHAD O'CONNOR For the Third Time, W.H.O. Declines to Declare the Ebola Outbreak an Emergency By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR. Drug Makers Sue to Block Requirement for Listing Prices in TV Ads By KATIE THOMAS

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